Hi everyone! Here's chapter 9 of Just Be Friends! I hope you like it! Unlike the last chapter, this one is more Tezuka-centric. Yay Tezuka! Mucho thankies to everyone that reads, reviews, favorites and alerts this story. It means a lot! Mucho thankies to tichiharahara for the review!
Chapter 9: Thoughts
"Hey Yuu, can you do me a favor?" asked Ringo as she stopped the smaller girl in the middle of the hallways during lunch period
"Sure, what is it?" asked Yuu who was carrying some books for the library
"Can you give these to Tezuka?"asked Ringo holding up some papers "They're the minutes from the last student council meeting along with some forms that need to be reviewed for the culture festival." She explained as she gave Yuu the papers
"Okay, I can do that. Is something wrong though sempai? You look a bit depressed." Said Yuu worried about the look on Ringo's face
Well…it's just…I was never able to tell Tezuka my feelings since the yellow Moon never came out. When it did come out, I had already left since my parents called me home. It's so depressing, I don't think I can see him without crying right now" replied Ringo, tears forming in her eyes
"Ringo-sempai, please don't think like that" said Yuu as she quickly went over to hug her sempai
"I'm sorry…I just can't" was all Ringo said before she ran off leaving Yuu to wander around the school looking for Tezuka
"Tsuki-chan? What are you doing here?"asked Kawamura walking up to the girl. He was carrying some heavy boxes with Momo next to him.
"I have something for Tezuka, but I got lost trying to look for him." Replied Yuu, holding up the papers for the boys to see
"I see. We're actually dropping these off to the student council room. Tezuka should be there. We can take you there" said Kawamura leading the way to the door of the student council room. Once there, Yuu opened the door for them and they all walked in to find Tezuka sitting at a desk with books and stacks of papers all around him
"Hey Tezuka, we brought you some boxes full of who-knows-what and a little wanderer" said Momo as he placed the box on top of the long rectangular desk Tezuka was sitting at. Tezuka looked up wondering who they were referring to as Momo moved to the side to reveal Yuu standing behind him
"Well, our work here is done. We should get going." Said Kawamura once he placed the other box near where Tezuka was sitting.
"See ya Tsuki-chan! Don't get lost!" said Momo as he walked out of the door, waving to the small girl
"Is there something you needed?" asked Tezuka placing the papers he was looking at aside
"Ringo-sempai told me to give these to you. They're the minutes from the last student council meeting as well as some forms for the culture festival that you need to look over." She said as she gave Tezuka the papers
"Thank you Tsukiyomi-kun." He said as he looked over the pages. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Yuu shifting from one foot to another as if she had something to say. "Is this it, or is there something more?" he asked looking back up to the girl
"Um…well…it's just…you seem a bit…distressed? Is everything okay?" asked Yuu concerned about the older boy. "Ah sorry, I'm bothering you again aren't I? You seem really busy too. I'm sorry. I'll just leave you to your work" Yuu added nervously as she walked over to the door and grabbed the doorknob
"Tsukiyomi-kun" came the stern voice of Tezuka which made Yuu stop in her tracks
"Yes?" asked Yuu looking back to Tezuka
"What do you think of me?" came the unexpected question from Tezuka.
"Huh?" was the confused response of Yuu who was trying to figure out what was happening
"What do you think of me?" he asked again, looking directly into Yuu's visible eye
"Well, I think you're a strong hardworking person who thinks about others" said Yuu remembering the many times Tezuka has helped her as well as the times she has seen him in the library working hard. "Why do you ask?" she asked looking at the boy with a confused look on her face "ah, you don't have to answer if you don't want" she said as a quick afterthought, her right hand going up to her bells and messing with them
"I accidentally overheard some classmates discussing their thoughts about why I don't have a girlfriend yet. One of them said it was because I'm not very approachable." Responded Tezuka
"That's crazy!" yelled Yuu walking away from the door and over to Tezuka. For once, she had stopped messing with the bells in her hair "Tezuka-sempai, you're a really amazing person. You're really smart, helpful, hard-working, thoughtful, captain of the tennis club and you're at the top of your class. You're a really dedicated person and give everything you have into everything that you do. It shouldn't matter if you have a girlfriend or not. I bet there are lots of girls just waiting to ask you out, but they're too shy to do it. So you shouldn't worry about not having a girlfriend" said Yuu trying to convey her feelings to Tezuka, who just sat there quietly
"Tsukiyomi-kun, I'm not worried about the fact that I don't have a girlfriend. I'm concerned about the fact that they think I'm unapproachable." He explained, noticing a faint blush starting to form on Yuu's face
"Oh.." Yuu said embarrassed at her mistake as her blush grew "But why are you concerned about that?" she asked, her hand going back up to the bells tied to her hair and messing with them
"As the student council president, I want to help everyone, but I can't do that if people think I'm unapproachable" he explained
"Oh, I get it now. Well then, you really shouldn't be concerned about anything Tezuka-sempai. You're approachable." Said Yuu as she let go of the bells in her hair. "If you weren't approachable, then you wouldn't be close to any of the tennis club members and it wouldn't be easy for them to come to you for help, but they do. Even Ryo-chan is able to approach you, and normally he doesn't like going to people for anything. I'm sure everyone agrees when I say that you're the best student council president this school could ever ask for and you're a very approachable person" she said smiling
"Thank you Tsukiyomi-kun" said Tezuka going back to the papers from before
"Actually, I should be the one thanking you Tezuka-sempai" Yuu said quietly as she walked out of the door and closed it behind her, leaving Tezuka alone once again. "Thank you for trusting me with your thoughts. It makes me happy that you were willing to share your thoughts with me Tezuka-sempai. It makes me feel like I'm a bit closer to you now" thought Yuu with a smile on her face as she carried the books to the library
"I wonder why she should be the one to thank me" thought Tezuka out loud
Gao,well that's the end of chapter 9! I hope you guys liked it! Once again mucho thankies to all the people that read, review, favorite and alert the story.